Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 714

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person publishes something that could cause a miscarriage of justice in a legal proceeding; and

        (b)     the person does so with the intention of causing a miscarriage of justice in the proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person publishes something that could cause a miscarriage of justice in a legal proceeding; and

        (b)     the person is reckless about whether publishing the thing could cause a miscarriage of justice in the proceeding.

Maximum penalty: 700 penalty units, imprisonment for 7 years or both.